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10 sats \ 12 replies \ @optimism 12h \ on: The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work mostly_harmless
Why is race important in this?
Doesn't this explain it?
type of people that we are worried about appearing prejudiced in front of
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No, I don't think it explains much, at all. I think it explains something about the speaker's insecurities. I think that if race is on your mind a lot, that your anxieties will be about race. But if you have some other trauma, then that will be what your anxieties will be about. So I don't think that this has anything to do with race, but with insecurity.
All people of all races have insecurities.
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There's a reason people who aren't the majority race often have race top of mind.
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Maybe you should ask someone who's experienced it.
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Sure. It's useful to consider the difference when the minority status is noticeable only after conversation and intimate contact (many religious ones; sexual ones; cultural ones) vs when it's immediately noticeable to anyone in visual range, but any difference can lead to different affordances in interaction.
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